Stable exact solutions in cosmological models with two scalar fields

We consider the stability of isotropic solutions for two-field models in the Bianchi I metric. We prove that the sufficient conditions for Lyapunov stability in the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric ensure the stability under anisotropic perturbations in the Bianchi I metric and also under perturbations of the energy density for cold dark matter. We find sufficient conditions for the Lyapunov stability of isotropic fixed points for the system of Einstein equations. We use the superpotential method to construct stable kink-type solutions and obtain sufficient conditions on the superpotential for the Lyapunov stability of the corresponding exact solutions. We analyze the stability of isotropic kink-type solutions for models related to string field theory.     

Jacobian elliptic function method for nonlinear differential-difference equations

An algorithm is devised to derive exact travelling wave solutions of differential-difference equations by means of Jacobian elliptic function. For illustration, we apply this method to solve the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation, the discretized mKdV lattice equation and the Hybrid lattice equation. Some explicit and exact travelling wave solutions such as Jacobian doubly periodic solutions, kink-type solitary wave solutions are constructed.     

关于SOL流形具有常平均曲率旋转曲面的注记

研究非欧流形SOL 空间上共形平均曲率方程的可解性,通过研究轮廓曲线对具有平均曲率的旋转曲面进行分类。当这些旋转曲面的平均曲率为给定函数时,计算出相应轮廓曲线的微分方程。通过求解这些微分方程,给出旋转函数是其上共形平均曲率的充分条件。     

Exact travelling wave solutions of the discrete sine–Gordon equation obtained via the exp-function method

In this paper, we generalize the exp-function method, which was used to find new exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (NPDEs) or coupled nonlinear partial differential equations, to nonlinear differential–difference equations (NDDEs). As an illustration, two series of exact travelling wave solutions of the discrete sine–Gordon equation are obtained by means of the exp-function method. As some special examples, these new exact travelling wave solutions can degenerate into the kink-type solitary wave solutions reported in the open literature.     

General propagation lattice Boltzmann model for a variable-coefficient compound KdV-Burgers equation

In this paper, a general propagation lattice Boltzmann model for a variable-coefficient compound Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers (vc-cKdVB) equation is investigated through selecting equilibrium distribution function and adding a compensation function, which can provide some more realistic models than their constant-coefficient counterparts in fluids or plasmas. Chapman–Enskog analysis shows that the vc-gKdVB equation can be recovered correctly from the present model. Numerical simulations in different situations of this equation are conducted, including the propagation and interaction of the bell-type, kink-type and periodic-depression solitons and the evolution of the shock-wave solutions. It is found that the numerical results match well with the analytical solutions, which demonstrates that the current lattice Boltzmann model is a satisfactory and efficient algorithm. In addition, it is also shown the present model could be more stable and more accurate than the standard lattice Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook model through adjusting the two free parameters introduced into the propagation step.     

Some classification of surfaces of revolution in Minkowski 3-space

We study the surfaces of revolution with the non-degenerate second fundamental form in Minkowski 3-space. In particular, we investigate the surfaces of revolution satisfying an equation in terms of the position vector field and the 2nd-Laplacian in Minkowski 3-space. As a result, we give some new examples of the surfaces of revolution with light-like axis in Minkowski 3-space.     

The extended hyperbolic functions method and new exact solutions to the Zakharov equations

The multiple exact solutions for the nonlinear evolution equations describing the interaction of laser–plasma are developed. The extended hyperbolic function method are employed to reveal these new solutions. The solutions include that of the solitary wave solutions of bell-type for n and E, the solitary wave solutions of kink-type for E and bell-type for n, the solitary wave solutions of a compound of the bell-type and the kink-type for n and E, the singular traveling wave solutions, periodic traveling wave solutions of triangle function types, and solitary wave solutions of rational function types. In addition to re-deriving all known solutions in a systematic way, several new and more general solutions can be obtained by using our method.     

Unstable Willmore surfaces of revolution subject to natural boundary conditions

In the class of surfaces with fixed boundary, critical points of the Willmore functional are naturally found to be those solutions of the Euler-Lagrange equation where the mean curvature on the boundary vanishes. We consider the case of symmetric surfaces of revolution in the setting where there are two families of stable solutions given by the catenoids. In this paper we demonstrate the existence of a third family of solutions which are unstable critical points of the Willmore functional, and which spatially lie between the upper and lower families of catenoids. Our method does not require any kind of smallness assumption, and allows us to derive some additional interesting qualitative properties of the solutions.     

Existence of solutions of the nonautonomous abstract Cauchy problem of second order

In this paper the existence of solutions of a nonautonomous abstract Cauchy problem of second order is considered. Assuming appropriate conditions on the operator of the equation, we establish the existence of mild solutions and, in some cases, we construct an evolution operator associated to the homogeneous equation. Using this evolution operator we obtain existence of solutions for the inhomogeneous equation. Finally, we apply our results to study the existence of solutions of the nonautonomous wave equation.     

Surfaces with Harmonic Inverse Mean Curvature and Painlevé Equations

In this paper we study surfaces immersed in R³ such that the mean curvature function H satisfies the equation (1/H) = 0, where is the Laplace operator of the induced metric. We call them HIMC surfaces. All HIMC surfaces of revolution are classified in terms of the third Painlevé transcendent. In the general class of HIMC surfaces we distinguish a subclass of -isothermic surfaces, which is a generalization of the isothermic HIMC surfaces, and classify all the -isothermic HIMC surfaces in terms of the solutions of the fifth and sixth Painlevé transcendents.     

A Lipschitz metric for the Hunter–Saxton equation

We analyze stability of conservative solutions of the Cauchy problem on the line for the (integrated) Hunter–Saxton (HS) equation. Generically, the solutions of the HS equation develop singularities with steep gradients while preserving continuity of the solution itself. In order to obtain uniqueness, one is required to augment the equation itself by a measure that represents the associated energy, and the breakdown of the solution is associated with a complicated interplay where the measure becomes singular. The main result in this article is the construction of a Lipschitz metric that compares two solutions of the HS equation with the respective initial data. The Lipschitz metric is based on the use of the Wasserstein metric.     

Generalized Hunter–Saxton equation and the geometry of the group of circle diffeomorphisms

We study an equation lying ‘mid-way’ between the periodic Hunter–Saxton and Camassa–Holm equations, and which describes evolution of rotators in liquid crystals with external magnetic field and self-interaction. We prove that it is an Euler equation on the diffeomorphism group of the circle corresponding to a natural right-invariant Sobolev metric. We show that the equation is bihamiltonian and admits both cusped and smooth traveling-wave solutions which are natural candidates for solitons. We also prove that it is locally well-posed and establish results on the lifespan of its solutions. Throughout the paper we argue that despite similarities to the KdV, CH and HS equations, the new equation manifests several distinctive features that set it apart from the other three.     

Metric Regularity of the Sum of Multifunctions and Applications

The metric regularity of multifunctions plays a crucial role in modern variational analysis and optimization. This property is a key to study the stability of solutions of generalized equations. Many practical problems lead to generalized equations associated to the sum of multifunctions. This paper is devoted to study the metric regularity of the sum of multifunctions. As the sum of closed multifunctions is not necessarily closed, almost all known results in the literature on the metric regularity for one multifunction (which is assumed usually to be closed) fail to imply regularity properties of the sum of multifunctions. To avoid this difficulty, we use an approach based on the metric regularity of so-called epigraphical multifunctions and the theory of error bounds to study the metric regularity of the sum of two multifunctions, as well as some related important properties of variational systems. Firstly, we establish the metric regularity of the sum of a regular multifunction and a pseudo-Lipschitz multifunction with a suitable Lipschitz modulus. These results subsume some recent results by Durea and Strugariu. Secondly, we derive coderivative characterizations of the metric regularity of epigraphical multifunctions associated with the sum of multifunctions. Applications to the study of the behavior of solutions of variational systems are reported.     

Existence and Iterative Approximations of Solutions for Certain Functional Equation and Inequality

This paper deals with a functional equation and inequality arising in dynamic programming of multistage decision processes. Using several fixed-point theorems due to Krasnoselskii, Boyd–Wong and Liu, we prove the existence and/or uniqueness and iterative approximations of solutions, bounded solutions and bounded continuous solutions for the functional equation in two Banach spaces and a complete metric space, respectively. Utilizing the monotone iterative method, we establish the existence and iterative approximations of solutions and nonpositive solutions for the functional inequality in a complete metric space. Six examples which dwell upon the importance of our results are also included.     

On the Solutions of a $$$$-Dimensional Model for Epitaxial Growth with Axial Symmetry

In this paper, we study the evolution equation derived by Xu and Xiang (SIAM J Appl Math 69(5):1393–1414, 2009) to describe heteroepitaxial growth in \(2+1\) dimensions with elastic forces on vicinal surfaces is in the radial case and uniform mobility. This equation is strongly nonlinear and contains two elliptic integrals and defined via Cauchy principal value. We will first derive a formally equivalent parabolic evolution equation (i.e., full equivalence when sufficient regularity is assumed), and the main aim is to prove existence, uniqueness and regularity of strong solutions. We will extensively use techniques from the theory of evolution equations governed by maximal monotone operators in Banach spaces.     

广义的带导数非线性薛定谔方程的有理解

广义带导数非线性薛定谔方程是与Kaup-Newell谱问题相联系的一个非线性发展方程,方程可在合适的条件方程下,利用Wronsiki技巧,寻找广义双Wronsikian形式的一般解,进而得到其孤子解和有理解.     

构造非线性微分差分方程精确解的一种方法

把最近提出的G′/G展开法推广到了非线性微分差分方程,利用该方法成功构造了一种修正的Volterra链和Toda链的双曲函数、三角函数以及有理函数三类涉及任意参数的行波解,当这些参数取特殊值时,可得这两个方程的扭状孤立波解、奇异行波解以及三角函数状的周期波解等.研究结果表明,该算法探讨非线性微分差分方程精确解十分有效、简洁.     

The Wong–Zakai approximations of invariant manifolds and foliations for stochastic evolution equations

In this paper, we study the Wong–Zakai approximations given by a stationary process via the Wiener shift and their associated dynamics of a class of stochastic evolution equations with a multiplicative white noise. We prove that the solutions of Wong–Zakai approximations almost surely converge to the solutions of the Stratonovich stochastic evolution equation. We also show that the invariant manifolds and stable foliations of the Wong–Zakai approximations converge to the invariant manifolds and stable foliations of the Stratonovich stochastic evolution equation, respectively.     

Nonuniqueness for Willmore Surfaces of Revolution Satisfying Dirichlet Boundary Data

In this note Willmore surfaces of revolution with Dirichlet boundary conditions are considered. We show two nonuniqueness results by reformulating the problem in the hyperbolic half plane and solving a suitable initial value problem for the corresponding elastic curves. The behavior of such elastic curves is examined by a method provided by Langer and Singer to reduce the order of the underlying ordinary differential equation. This ensures that these solutions differ from solutions already obtained by Dall’Acqua, Deckelnick and Grunau. We will additionally provide a Bernstein-type result concerning the profile curve of a Willmore surface of revolution. If this curve is a graph on the whole real numbers it has to be a Möbius transformed catenary. We show this by a corollary of the above-mentioned method by Langer and Singer.     

Evolution equations in Riemannian geometry

A fundamental question in Riemannian geometry is to find canonical metrics on a given smooth manifold. In the 1980s, R.S. Hamilton proposed an approach to this question based on parabolic partial differential equations. The goal is to start from a given initial metric and deform it to a canonical metric by means of an evolution equation. There are various natural evolution equations for Riemannian metrics, including the Ricci flow and the conformal Yamabe flow. In this survey, we discuss the global behavior of the solutions to these equations. In particular, we describe how these techniques can be used to prove the Differentiable Sphere Theorem.